1. Marjorie Anderson was a British actress and leading BBC radio broadcaster for over thirty years, including on the programme Woman's Hour from 1958 to 1972.
10 Facts About Marjorie Anderson
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Marjorie Anderson earned a diploma from the University of London in diction and drama.
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Marjorie Anderson taught voice classes, and worked with children who had speech defects.
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From 1940 to 1945, during World War II, Marjorie Anderson presented Thank You for your Letters and Forces Favourites on the BBC Forces Programme and BBC General Forces Programmes.
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Marjorie Anderson presented the latter programme's peacetime successor, Family Favourites, on the BBC Light Programme.
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Between 1955 and 1968 Marjorie Anderson presented Home for the Day on the BBC Home Service.
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Marjorie Anderson was a presenter of Woman's Hour from 1958 until her retirement in 1973.
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Marjorie Anderson had multiple sclerosis which, as it progressed, affected her speech and thus her radio career, prompting her retirement.
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Marjorie Anderson was appointed MBE in the 1974 Birthday Honours.
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Marjorie Anderson died in 1999, aged 86 years, in Kensington.